Vision

To become the BEST, ACTIVE and DYNAMIC professional body in the field of LIS in terms of service to the members, professionals and to the profession in the county by adopting best and fair practices and innovative ideas.

AWARDS

SALIS instituted the following awards to recognise and encourage LIS professionals those who contribute for the profession and society.

SALIS has instituted a national level Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award, sponsored by Dr. Harish Chandra, Librarian, Indian Institute of Technology, to encourage the library professionals.
More information about Dr. Harish Chandra is available at http://harishchandra.net

SALIS has instituted Autolib-Tamilnadu-Best Librarian Award and Autolib-Tamilnadu-Best Young Librarian Award (below 40 years) sponsored by M/s.AutoLib Software Systems for the Library Professionals working in Tamilnadu. The main aim of the award is to identify the professional who contributes more to our profession and recognize him/her every year.

SALIS has instituted “SALIS - Mrs. M.Jannath Najeemunnisa Beegum Memorial Appreciation Award” in memory of Mrs. M. Jannath Najeemunnisa Beegum, former Librarian of JBAS College for Women, Chennai. The aim of the award is to encourage library professionals especially women who contribute more to the profession.

6. Best Paper Awards for Professionals
7. Best Paper Award for LIS Students

Eligibility Criteria for all the Awards
1.Applicant/Nominee should be a citizen of India and his/her conduct must be good.
2.The applicant should be a working library professional who holds at least Bachelors degree in library science or its equivalent.
3.Interested professionals should apply in the prescribed application form only
4.Nomination can be self or by a responsible library professional.
5.Give full details for each category and attach support documents for verification
6.Enclose separate sheets wherever necessary to give details
7.Applications without full details and support documents will be rejected
8.The application form can be downloaded from SALIS website www.salis.in or can be obtained by e-mail to salis_info@yahoo.co.in
9.Filled application should reach the office on or before June 15th Every Year
10.The decision of the committee constituted by SALIS to select the candidate for the award is final.
11.Award Committee has the right to post-pone or cancel the award for any unavoidable reason.
12.All correspondence should be addressed to the Convener, ‘The Convener, SALIS Award Committee, SALIS,C/o, AutoLib, 32G, 2nd Main Road, Sabari Nagar Extension, Mugalivakkam, Chennai – 600 125.Any enquires about the award may be sent to the Convener at salis_info@yahoo.co.in.

Note:
1. Library Professionals working anywhere in India can apply for the award Dr. Harish Chandra-Sushila Chandra Best Librarian Award (National Level) and SALIS-A.N.Marappan Memorial National Best Young Librarian Award.
2. Library professionals working in Tamilnadu only can apply for the awards AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Librarian Award, AutoLib-Tamilnadu-Best Young Librarian Award (Below 40 years), SALIS-S.M.Venkidusamy Memorial Best Public Librarian Award and SALIS - Mrs. M.Jannath Najeemunnisa Beegum Memorial Appreciation Award
3. Best paper awards to the Students and Professionals will be given for the best papers
contributed in SALIS conference every year